Hancock was a physician in Spotsylvania County, VA at the beginning of the war. he enlisted as a surgoon on an unknown date, however, on November 28, 1861, he was"relieved from duty at the Main street Hospital and is assigned to the Ambulance train for the transportation of the sick from Manassas to this city," this city being Richmond, VA. On August 19,1862, serving, he was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon at General Hospital Camp Winder in Richmond, VA.
After the war, he continued to practice medicien in Spotsylvania County, VA. He died July 8, 1898 and is buried in Hardyville, Middlesex County, VA in the cemetery at Clarksbury United Methodist Church.
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